All civilizations in the past the just administered their achievements died. Death without progress.

You can see this process already today. The next mobile ring tone is more important than achieving anything. I think without significant progress in space this civilization won't last another 500 years.

_________________"The hardest hurdle to space isn't the technicalities and money. But rather, the courage and the will to do it." - Burt Rutan.

We need space so we can waste as much of the tax payers money as we can. Why should we waste money on earth trying to help feed starving families, and put homeless kids in good homes. Why should we worry about the problems on earth when we can transport them to some other planet and drop them off there. we can't even take care of our own planet , we have to see if we can distroy the solar system next...

So our goverment can waste more tax payers money, plus that way the fat cats that work for NASA can keep their 6 figure incomes coming in. What else is there to spend tax payers money on , ( feeding the starveing kids, maybe putting them in a warm bed at night) Hey wait we can't do that, that would cost to much money, what was I thinking...Send up another rocket boys, we need to know why its dark in outter space...

How in the heck , is leaving our planet gonna show us how to take care of it. By throwing our space junk on another planet. You know they say one erosol can of paint propellant distroys the ozone layer. Then what the heck do they think sending up a shuttle does for it ? make it cleaner. What I don't understand is what has the working man and woman recieved form all this exploration, besides more tax dollars gone to pot luck, and into the great beyond where it sits. I give up!!!!!

How in the heck , is leaving our planet gonna show us how to take care of it. By throwing our space junk on another planet. You know they say one erosol can of paint propellant distroys the ozone layer. Then what the heck do they think sending up a shuttle does for it ? make it cleaner. What I don't understand is what has the working man and woman recieved form all this exploration, besides more tax dollars gone to pot luck, and into the great beyond where it sits. I give up!!!!!